Gerard C. Snyder

*** ********** *** *** *** • Caldwell, NJ 07006

Phone: 631-***-**** • E-Mail: acqdn0@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

●Analytical environmental scientist skilled in the use of high tech laboratory techniques and equipment including HPLC, FTIR, UV Spectrometers, Centrifuges, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance machines, and Gas Chromatography equipment.

●Experienced in writing clear and convincing reports and presentations.

●Expertise using MS Office, Adobe CreativeSuite and ArcGIS software.

●Collaborative personality - work well with others and independently.

●Able to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines with top quality results.

Work Experience

Certified Laboratories Inc. -- Microbiology Lab Technician

●Detection of pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms.

●Skilled in presumptive and confirmation detection equipment such as VIDAS and PCR.

●Authority for quality control calibrations throughout the laboratory.

●Plate reading and plating techniques.

●Regularly assist with technical issues (computer software, networking problems, and general IT issues).

●Collaborate regularly with other laboratory scientists on projects.

●Shift-work environment, daily change-over without loss of company work-hours.

SUNY Stony Brook & U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory – Internship

●Worked on a collaborative technical team researching pyrolysis oil and micro membranes.

●Managed, organized and planned experimental procedures.

●Reported results and revisions to chief scientists regularly.

●Experience in academic/government research institution.

Laboratory Skills

●HPLC, FTIR, UV-Spec, Centrifuges, NMR machines, IR spectrum machines, Gas Chromatography, TLC chromatography, Sublimation, Distillation, Recrystallization, Synthesis, pH testing, Titrations.

●Plate counts, serial dilutions, gram's staining, inoculation on multiple mediums, plate streaking, VIDAS Immunoassay, polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

●General laboratory safety courses.

●Groundwater testing, environmental data collection, soil sampling, carbon testing, soil texturing, soil bulk density.

●Topographic imaging, satellite imagery, remediation techniques, risk modeling, risk management.

Education

The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ

Bachelor of Science: Environmental Science with Microbiology focal area - 2012

Coursework: Environmental Remediation, Principals of Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, General Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Physics, Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Sustainability, Careers in Environmental Science.

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